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layout: default
nav: talks
title: Talks
meta:
    description: 'Information about previous and upcoming talks that Oliver has presented at conferences and user groups'
use: [talks]
---
<h1>Talks</h1>

<p>I regularly speak at conferences and user groups about a range of subjects including Drupal, Sculpin and Git. If
you would like to me to speak at your group or conference, please <a href="/contact/">get in touch</a>.</p>

<p>There is also information about events that I’ve attended and spoken at on my
<a href="{{ site.lanyrd.url }}">Lanyrd</a> and <a href="{{ site.joindin.url }}">Joind.in</a> profiles.</p>

{% set now = 'today'|date('U') %}
{% set talks = data.talks %}

{% set found, year, new_year = false, '0', false %}

{% for talk in talks|reverse if talk.date >= now %}
    {% if loop.first %}
        <h2>Upcoming Talks</h2>
    {% endif %}

    {% set this_year %}{{ talk.date|date('Y') }}{% endset %}

    {% if this_year != year %}
        {% if new_year %}
            {# Close the list for the previous year. #}
            </ul>
        {% endif %}

        {% set found, year = true, this_year %}

        <h3>{{ this_year }}</h3>
        <ul>
    {% else %}
        {% set new_year = true %}
    {% endif %}

    {% include 'talk-listing-item' %}
{% endfor %}

{% if found %}
    </ul>
{% endif %}

{% set found, year, new_year = false, '0', false %}

{% for talk in talks if talk.date < now %}
    {% if loop.first %}
        <h2>Previous Talks</h2>
    {% endif %}

    {% set this_year %}{{ talk.date|date('Y') }}{% endset %}

    {% if this_year != year %}
        {% if new_year %}
            {# Close the list for the previous year. #}
            </ul>
        {% endif %}

        {% set year, found = this_year, true %}

        <h3>{{ this_year }}</h3>
        <ul>
    {% else %}
        {% set new_year = true %}
    {% endif %}

    {% include 'talk-listing-item' %}
{% endfor %}

{% if found %}
    </ul>
{% endif %}